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Topics: Film and TV, Celebrity
Emily Puckering
Ken Jeong has revealed that he was, indeed, naked in that infamous The Hangover scene... and it was all his idea too.
Of course, everyone and anyone will know exactly what scene this is from the first The Hangover movie... it's pretty unforgettable!
The film, which came out back in 2009, has become legendary for showcasing perhaps one of the most chaotic Las Vegas nights out to ever exist - from marrying a stripper to stealing a cop car and Mike Tyson's tiger... the four groomsmen well and truly had a night (not) to remember.
But there's one scene that is still undoubtedly ingrained into fan's brains - and that's when Mr. Chow bursts out of the trunk of a car wearing nothing but shoes and slacks.
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Well, it turns out that Ken Jeong - the actor who played the drug lord - was actually the mastermind behind the full-frontal nudity.
Speaking recently on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Jeong reflected on his time working on The Hangover franchise and revealed how he came up with the eye-popping naked scene.
"I told Todd Phillips - the director - because I did have slacks on in the script and I just said 'wouldn't it be just be so shocking'... because he had Mike Tyson, the tiger, that had already happened in the movie... so I asked Todd, 'what would you think about Mr. Chow jumping out naked?'
"He was like 'you don't have to tell me twice!'".
Jeong then revealed the director made him sign a nudity waiver 'so he couldn't change his mind', before saying if it wasn't for The Hangover, he wouldn't be sitting in that interview.
And this isn't the first time the actor has opened up about the full-frontal nudity - which leaves very little to the imagination, might I add - as back in 2013, he opened up to GlobalGrind about his thoughts on the matter and how he's actually very shy in real life.
"I got nothing to brag about. I wasn’t trying to show off, so it wasn’t like I have the most to lose from that," he said. "I felt compelled because that’s the moment that’s become the moment everyone talks about.
"It was a character choice – not a personal choice, because me as a person is a happily married father of twin girls. I’m really shy. I don’t even like to take my shirt off at the beach! I don’t like to do any of that stuff. I’m not an exhibitionist."
Jeong then added: "I’m very demure about my body and ashamed of my body, but I felt like an actor acts, so I gotta do what I gotta do.
"You gotta make fearless choices to be an actor, otherwise everyone would do it."